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En05
EnglishEntranceExaminationforNon-EnglishMajorDoctoralCandidates
March26,2005
Ⅰ.ListeningComprehension(20points)
SectionA
Directions:
Therearefivestatementsinthissection.Eachstatementwillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearastatement,readthefourchoicesgivenandchoosetheonewhichisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheardbymarkingthecorrespondingletterA,B,CandDontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.
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Theresearcherwascarelessinperformingthisexperiment.
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Theresearchertriedtothinkofproblemsbeforetheyhappened.
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Beforeperformingtheexperiment,theresearcherwasverynervous.
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Beforeperformingtheexperiment,theresearcherwasverytired.
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Thespeakerusedasoft,lowvoice.
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Thespeakerdidn’tseemtocaremuchaboutwhathewassaying.
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Thespeakerwasfocusedandspokewithgreatpassion.
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Thespeakerusedlong.Complicatedsentences.
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Languagechangesveryslowly.
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Languagechangesveryquickly.
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Languagechangesoverfiftyyearperiods.
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Languagechangesovertenyearperiods.
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SouthernFrancehasneverknownseverewinters.
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InnorthernFrance,onecanliveincomfortalltheyearround.
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Ingeneral,theFrenchpeopleenjoyamildclimate.
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PeopleinsouthernFranceoftenexperienceseverewinters.
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Fionaisnotafraidtogiveapresentationnow.
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Fiona’sfeverisgonejustbeforethepresentation.
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Fionawillhearaboutthefinalspeech.
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Fionawillcomeovertotheconference.
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillheartenshortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandDonyourtestpaper,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERRSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.
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Koreanfood.
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Chinesefood.
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Italianfood.
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Indianfood.
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Bothofthemhaveovercometheirfearofheights.
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Thewomanisstillafraidofhighplaces.Butthemanisnot.
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Theyarebothafraidofhighplaces.
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Bothofthemliketostandonhighplaces.
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Shecan’twearthemanymore.
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Shedoesn’tlikethemanymore.
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Shecan’twashtheminmachineanymore.
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Shedoesn’tlikecasualdressanymore.
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March3td.
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March12th.
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March29th.
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March30th.
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Beingprivateversusbeingalone.
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Beingaloneversusbeingwithfriends.
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Beingaguestversusbeingahost.
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Beinglonelyversusbeingalone.
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Shelikedit.
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Shedislikedit.
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Shehadnoideaaboutit.
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Shehadn’theardaboutit.
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Theinsurancecompanyisworriedthattheymighthavetopayalotofmoney.
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Theinsurancecompanyseesachancetogivethemanlotsofphysicaltests.
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Theinsurancecompanyisthefirsttopayforaman’sgeneticdiseases.
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Theinsurancecompanydoesnotknowhowmanychildrenthemanwillhave.
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Alonganddifficulttripthroughpoorcountries.
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Achancetolearnnewlanguageandmakemoney.
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Anadventureinlearningaboutadifferentculture.
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Anadventurethatcombinesavacationwitharest.
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Hewillnotacceptalatepaperfromher.
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Herisinterestedonlyinherideas.
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Hewantshertocorrectherpaper.
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Hewillacceptalatepaperfromher.
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Hewillhavehisoperationat9o’clock.
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Heisunderoperationnow.
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Healreadyhadhisoperation.
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Heisallrightnow.
SectionC
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhearatalkaboutmovingtoanewcampus.Lookatstatements16through20forthispartonyourtestpaperanddecideifeachstatementiscorrect.Whileyouarelistening,ifyouthinkthestatementiscorrectbasedonthetalk,markletterAonyourANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Ifyouthinkitisnotcorrect,markletterBontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.
16.Allagriculturesciencestudentswillstaywheretheyare.
17.Somehistoryteacherswillmoveimmediatelytothenewcampus.
18.Engineeringstaffhasalreadymadetheirmove.
19.PartoftheFacultyofLawisinitsnewbuilding.
20.TheformerLawbuildingmaybecomeanartgallery.
Ⅱ.ReadingComprehension(25points)
Directions:
Therearefivepassagesinthispart.Eachofthepassagesisfollowedbyfivequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.ChosethebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEET.
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Aweathermapisanimportanttoolforgeographers.Asuccessionofthreeorfourmapspresentacontinuouspictureofweatherchanges.Weatherforecastersareabletodeterminethespeedofairmassesandfronts;todeterminewhetheranindividualpressureareaisdeepeningorbecomingshallowandwhetherafrontisincreasingordecreasinginintensity.Theyarealsoabletodeterminewhetheranairmassisretainingitsoriginalcharacteristicsortakingonthoseofthesurfaceoverwhichitismoving.Thus,amostsignificantfunctionofthemapistorevealasynopticpictureofconditionsintheatmosphereatagiventime.
Allstudentsofgeographyshouldbeabletointerpretaweathermapaccurately.Weathermapscontain?
anenormousamountofinformationaboutweatherconditionsexistingatthetimeofabservationoveralargegeographicalarea.Theyrevealinafewminuteswhatotherwisewouldtakehourstodescribe.TheUnitedStatesWeatherBureauissuesinformationaboutapproachingstorms,floods,droughtsandallclimaticconditionsingeneral.Twiceamonthitissuesa30-day“outlook”whichisaroughguidetoweatherconditionslikelytooccuroverbroadareasoftheUnitedStates.These30-dayoutlooksarebaseduponananalysisoftheupperairlevelwhichoftensetthestageforthedevelopmentofairmassesfrontsandstorms.
Considerableeffortisbeingexertedtodaytoachievemoreaccurateweatherpredictions.Withtheuseofelectronicinstrumentsandearthsatellites,enormousgainshavetakenplacerecentlyinidentifyingandtrackingstormsoverregionswhichhavebutfewmeteorologicalstations.Extensiveexperimentsarealsoinprogressfor?
weathermodificationstudies.
21.OnecharacteristicofweathermapsNOTmentionedbytheauthorinthispassageis?
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A.fronts?
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B.changesintemperature?
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C.frost?
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D.windspeed
22.The30-dayforecastisdeterminedbyexamining?
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A.dailyweathermaps?
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B.upperairlevels
C.satellitereports?
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D.changingfronts
23.Theobservationofweatherconditionsbysatellitesisadvantageousbecauseit?
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ismodernandprofitableforthecompaniesinvolved
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useselectronicinstrumentstomeasuretheweatheronadailybasis
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enablesmantoeasilyaltertheweathertohisadvantageandprofit
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givesthescientistsinformationnotobtainedreadilyotherwise
24.Atthepresenttime,experimentsarebeingconductedin?
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A.manipulatingweather?
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B.determiningdensityofpressuregroups
C.satellites?
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D.controllingstorms
25.Aweathermapissynopticbecauseit?
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summarizesagreatdealofinformation
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appearsdaily
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showschangingfronts
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canbeinterpretedaccurately
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Withonlyabout1,000pandasleftintheworld,Chinaisdesperatelytryingtoclonetheanimalandsavetheendangeredspecies.That’samovesimilartowhataTexasA&MUniversityresearcherhasbeenundertakingforthepastfiveyearsinaprojectcalled“Noah’sArk”.
Dr.DuaneKraemer,aprofessorinTexasA&M’sCollegeofVeterinaryMedicineandapioneerinembryotransferworkandrelatedprocedures,saidhesalutestheChineseeffortand“Iwishthemallthebestsuccesspossible.It’saworthwhileproject,certainlynotaneasyone,andit’sverymuchlikewhatwe’reattemptinghereatTexasA&M---tosaveanimalsfromextinction.”
Noah’sArkisaimedatcollectingeggs,embryos,semenandDNAofendangeredanimalsandstoringtheminliquidnitrogen.Ifcertainspeciesshouldbecomeextinct,Kraemersaystherewouldbeenoughofthebasicbuildingblockstoreintroducethespeciesinthefuture.
Itisestimatedthatasmanyas2,000speciesofmammals,birdsandreptileswillbecomeextinctoverthenext100years.Thepanda.NativeonlytoChina,isindangerofbecomingextinctinthenext25years.
Thisweek,ChinesescientistssaidtheygrewanembryobyintroducingcellsfromadeadfemalepandaintotheeggcellsofaJapanesewhitewhilerabbit.Theyarenowtryingtoimplanttheembryointoahostanimal.
Theentireprocedurecouldtakefromthreetofiveyearstocomplete.
“Thenucleartransferofonespeciestoanotherisnoteasy,andthelackofavailablepandaeggscouldbeamajorproblem,”Kraemerbelieves.“Theywillprobablyhavetodosevcralhundredtransferstoresultinonepregnancy.Ittakesa?
longtimeandit’sdifficult,butthiscouldbegroundbreakingscienceifitworks.Theyarecertainlynotputtinganylivepandasatrisk,soitisworththeeffort,”addsKraemer,whoisoneoftheleadersoftheMissyplicityProjectatTexasA&M,thefirst-everattemptatcloningadog.
“Theyaretryingtodosomethingthat’sneverbeendone,andthisverysimilartoourworkinNoah’sArk.We’rebothtryingtosaveanimalsthatfac
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